Benjie Tang

Biography

Dr Benjie Tang was appointed as a Lecturer at the Cuschieri Skills Centre at the University of Dundee in 2006 and promoted as a Senior Lecturer in 2013. He graduated from Medical School of Qingdao University in 1987, China and did his postgraduate study as clinical fellow in surgery at Medical School of Beijing University in 1997. He obtained his MD from Medical School of Dundee University in 2004 under supervision of Professor Sir Alfred Cuschieri and Professor George B Hanna. He is a fully qualified general surgeon with interest and extensive experience in laparoscopic surgery. He has interest in use of Human Reliability Analysis (HRA) technique to evaluate laparoscopic surgery to improve surgical performance and patient safety. He is responsible for research, course development, organizing, and teaching on courses which are run for both undergraduate medical students and postgraduate surgical trainees. He is a supervisor for Master Degree and MD degree in Minimal Access Surgery (MMAS). He has developed and run many courses in use simulation, simulator, animal tissue model, and human cadaver for training in surgery especially in laparoscopic surgery for surgeons worldwide.

Research

Development of new assessment tool to evaluate operative skills in laparoscopic surgery for clinical practice and laparoscopic surgery skills training

Development of Surgical Error Reduction System (SERS) in use for reducing surgical errors

Development new technologies and techniques to improve surgical performance and surgical training

Evaluation on safety of surgical instruments used in both open and laparoscopic surgery

Technologies and ergonomic in single incision laparoscopic surgery (SILS)

Innovating, developing, and validation on new models of simulators and for simulation techniques employed in surgical training

The effect of change of angle, area, distance, volume, curvature and spatial coordinates on surgical task performance in 2D vs 3D laparoscopy. G Ramakrishnan, M El Boghdady, B Tang, IS Tait, A Alijani. International Surgical Congress of The Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland (ASGBI), Belfast, 11th to 13th May 2016.

A standardised tool to assess the proficiency-gain curve of a novice laparoscopic camera assistant. A Alam, M Wilson, B Tang, I Tait, A Alijani. International Surgical Conference of ASGBI, Belfast, 11th to 13th May 2016.

The effect of a self-administered performance based intra-procedural checklist on an emergency simulated laparoscopic task performance. Michael El Boghdady, B Tang, P Donnan, I Tait, A Alijani. The Society of Academic and Research Surgery (SARS), Royal College of Surgeons of London, 6th and 7th January 2016. BJS, 2016, 103 Suppl S3, 6-49. DOI, OI: 10.1002/bjs.10158.

The formulation of a simple error reduction checklist to be applied by junior trainees during laparoscopic tasks. Michael El Boghdady, B Tang, IS Tait, A Alijani. Barts & The London National Surgical Conference, London, 13th February 2016.

The effect of a self-administered intra-procedural checklist on the laparoscopic task performance of novice surgeons. M El Boghdady, B Tang, IS Tait, A Alijani. University of Dundee School of Medicine, School of Dentistry and School of Nursing & Health Sciences Annual Research Symposium, Crieff, 25th and Friday 26th February 2016.

Comparison between the effect of a self-administered and a trainer-administered surgical checklist on the laparoscopic task performance. M El Boghdady, B Tang, IS Tait, A Alijani. ASiT International Surgical Conference, Liverpool, 18th to 20th March 2016.

The effect of trainee-administered versus trainer-administered methods in applying a surgical checklist during a laparoscopic task. M El Boghdady, B Tang, IS Tait, A Alijani. International Surgical Congress of The Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland (ASGBI), Belfast, 11th to 13th May 2016.

The study of a simple error reduction checklist on the laparoscopic task performance of higher surgical trainees. M El Boghdady, B Tang, IS Tait, A Alijani. International Surgical Congress of The Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland (ASGBI), Belfast, 11th to 13th May 2016.

The formulation of a simple error reduction checklist to be applied by junior trainees during laparoscopic. M El Boghdady, B Tang, IS Tait, A Alijani. International congress of the European Association for Endoscopic Surgery (E.A.E.S.), Amsterdam, 15th to 18th June 2016.

The effect of trainee-administered versus trainer-administered methods in applying a surgical checklist during a laparoscopic task. MEl Boghdady, B Tang, I Tait, A Alijani. International Surgical Conference of ASGBI, Belfast, 11th to13th May 2016.

The effect of a self-administered performance based intra-procedural checklist on the laparoscopic learning curve of novice surgeons. MEl Boghdady, B Tang, I Tait, A Alijani. The Association of Laparoscopic Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland (ALSGBI), Southport, 26th and 27th November 2015. March 2016, Volume 30, Supplement 1, pp 185-210

Effect of auditory distraction on bimanual laparoscopic task performance of expert surgeons. MA Ghazanfar, B Tang, MJ Cook, IS Tait, A Alijani International Surgical conference of Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland (ASGBI), Harrogate, 30th April to 2nd May 2014. BJS 2015; 102(S1):46

Relationship between error rate, error probability and level of expertise in laparoscopic task performance.MA Ghazanfar, B Tang, MJ Cook, IS Tait, A Alijani. International Surgical conference of Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland (ASGBI), Harrogate, 30th April to 2nd May 2014. BJS 2015: 102(S1):45

The effect of divided attention on laparoscopic task performance. MA Ghazanfar, MJ Cook, B Tang, IS Tait, A Alijani. The National Surgical Symposium (NSS) conference, Royal College of Surgeons of England, London, 23rd November 2013.

Teaching

Creating and developing a wide range of surgical training programmes and courses to train surgeon at different level of experience and skills

Developing and delivering learning material in both face to face teaching by both didactic lecture or skills demonstration and online learning for a variety of surgical skills courses in both open and laparoscopic surgery

Guiding and supervising master and MD students for their research projects, literature review, writing up thesis, and preparing papers

Assessing, evaluating, and ensuring quality of course programme design and delivery through teaching and organization

Redesigning and changing content and programme of courses based on the feedback both from students and faculty members

Taking senior administrative responsibility and play a key role to coordinate with course faculty and staff member of CSC to prepare the courses before the course and organize post course meeting after the event to assess and evaluate effectiveness of teaching and training for changes and improvement

Dealing with academic and professional enquiries and giving appropriate advice and suggestions to the surgical trainees